Emma Moffat Wins World Triathlon Championship On The Gold Coast
September 13th 2009 03:24
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Moffatt entered the final event of the year just 120 points ahead of Norden knowing that a top two finish would ensure her the world title, however had been suffering with a foot injury in the lead up to the race. Having made the front cycle pack of seven, along with the Swede, the championship leaders fought out a tough 10km run as they pushed each other to the line before Moffatt came out on top. Norden's second place sealed Sweden's first senior elite triathlon world championship medal. Despite finishing down in eighth, New Zealand's Andrea Hewitt ensured that she did enough to secure world championship bronze.
The race started with an open water non-wetsuit 1500m swim in the choppy ocean waters which was lead by Haskins. Her efforts opened up a small gap between the first seven women and the rest of the field, enabling them to escape over the 40km of cycling. Carrying a healthy fifty second lead onto the run the top positions were assured with Moffatt and Norden fighting for the win up front and Haskins and Jenkins battling for the bronze behind. Andrea Hewitt and Switzerland's Daniela Ryf were able to run strongly from the chase pack to maintain their overall world championship standings of third and fourth respectively.
"I'm absolutely delighted," said Moffatt. "I was a bit worried having a month off running, but I knew that recovery had been going well and once I started the run I knew I had it in the bag. To come through so strongly in front of a home crowd like this is just incredible; it's been an amazing year."
The results of the 2009 Gold Coast Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Grand Final were:
Gold. Emma Moffatt, Australia. 1:59:14
Silver. Lisa Norden, Sweden. 1:59:19 0:06
Bronze. Helen Jenkins, Great Britain. 1:59:41 0:27
4. Sarah Haskins, USA. 1:59:52 0:39
5. Annabel Luxford, Australia. 2:00:08 0:54
6. Daniela Ryf, Switzerland. 2:00:21 1:08
7. Magali Di Marco, Switzerland. 2:00:25 1:12
8. Andrea Hewitt, New Zealand. 2:00:26 1:13
9. Jessica Harrison, France. 2:00:27 1:14
10. Liz Blatchford, Great Britain. 2:00:30 1:17
The complete list of results is available at www.worldtriathlongoldcoast.com.
The awards ceremony was held at the Broadwater Parklands in one of the biggest tents in Australia. The mammoth task of catering for some four thousand athletes, crews and officials was undertaken by Special Events Catering.
The world Triathlon is scheduled to be held on the Gold Coast every second year until at least 2015.
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